Aristotle said time is a measure of change, and this movie is about changing in time, through time, while remaining the same person. That's a philosophical paradox and a moral dilemma. But 'Casablanca' says it's possible. You can have both. That's what it means. And that's my wish for you: that you would have both.

I cannot be a character in a bad movie. I can't be.

No civilization, including Plato's, has ever been destroyed because its citizens learned too much.

Story is metaphor for life and life is lived in time.

All writing is discipline, but screenwriting is a drill sergeant.